Bank-vault reenforcing



May 15, 1928. I r 1,669,988 S-MACOMBER BANK VAULT REENFORC ING FiledSept..21, 1925 INVENTOR.

BY Q9 M ATTORNE Patented May 15, 1928 STANLEY M c'oyteEia, or messiiroizr, E'IOQASSIGNOR' 'rojrrirnivmoo y neastrnitp v v v M Ah z F pA Q llz0 5 9, A QQBE'PfidHQN 9? 1 3 i I BANKJIAULT ne aiironenge.

' Appliqation filed September 21, 1925;. serial No. 57,510.

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' the t eth they tee-retreate term t h Pre eh i e tio i therein; 2 is aside elevation Fig. 3 an end elevation of one of the a suficession ofoppositely directed \fls and r th xhe-rs thu vte med are thenplaced idebyside'in the all, eto, with the points Q1 c r es. hat mark t e sueeessie bends t e in directed tqwar'ds' the outside and inside of the. Wall,respectively. The bars are iur-i h m e placed so that/such ,pQi tS or cryes of adjacent bars are staggered. It

will accordingly be seen that by placing bars of this formsufiicie'nt-ly I close together, a type of reenter-cement is providedthat app ea he th ide e nee in cutting or bur e hole a any p nt thre ghthe wall, i h e m e ssary e Work e diivi-se' all times against a largenumber ofinc-lined section .of thes h T9 expedite the installation ofthe reenforcing material and redi ce its' cost in the field, thereversely. bent bars as described desi a ly ss mbl tlinto framesn t formillustrated -(s ee Figs. and g) two parallel bars 1, of relati felylarge diameter, consti u e th dges off th ram The bars may be ofany-desired length Within the limiting dimensions of the particulareeetie Qt Wel in hi h he re nforc ngmate el' e h be lpe e' ed nd w l s mar- .3 be pla ed Pkt-rt e st esom h t less" than the thickness of suchwall so as to'pier- Init the material to bewholly ineerporated Withinthe sides of the latterjfis i ll trated 1- Beve s ly b n W b b rs Q ofthe t sort described abcve are then elded to'the Irespe'ctiye sides ofsaidpara-llel bars 1, said Web bars beingof v the same or slightly lessdiameter in cross section and being placed with the bends 2 therein instaggered relation so that the inclined portions of each bar will crossat points apprpxiniately mid- Wey b w en the P r ll l a s he terio-rspace lying between the eb bars 2, which sgace is as Wide as" the;diameter of reversely .berit eb bars '3. Two s ehintermediate bars areshown as thns enclosed ithin the main elements of the structure i bu thumb r o th se bars 3 will of eourse ary, depending upon their diameterand the idth oft-he space in ques tion. ,Sa idrbars' 3, likethe Outsideweb bars 2,- are reterahly "C -iSpQSBd so that the in-' clined portionsthereof cross at approximately the mid-pointof the space between theparallel bars 1. Inasmuch'asth'esbars I are thusxeopfiaed not onlylaterally bythe the parallel bars, is then filled with other i outsideWeb bars 2, but also by having the bends therein abut against theparallelbars 1, it is not necessary to weld them except at theirends orat the most at a few interries of the-parallel edge bars 1 andfwithinthese a maze composed of the inclined sections of the lateral Web bar's2 and the in-' termediate web bars '3, theangles between such inclinedsections in every case being presented outwardly. The web bars 2 beingfirmly welded or otherwise secured to the parallelbars, each frame formsa truss-like structure capable of acting as a mechanical "reenforcementfor the wall as Well as a proand the reenforcing rods.

tective reenforcement. Despite the close as sembly of the frames,'theseveral component bars are nevertheless at all-times held 1n properspaced relation so as to 'permitconcrete to be freely flowed not onlyinto the interior portions of the frame, but also around their edges,and thus insure at all points a proper bondbetvveen such concrete Fromthe standpoint of manufacture, the only mechanical operations'involvedare the bending of'the Web bars and the subsequent welding ofthemtogether in the manner previously described. These operations arerel atively simple and easily performed and as a result,- themanufacturing cost over and above the cost of the material may be keptat a minimum.

Other modesof applying the principle ofmy invention may be employedinstead of V theoneexplained, change being made as regards the mechanismhereindisclosed, provided the means stated by any of thefollowing claimsor the equivalent of such stated means be employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as myinvention 1. A: lnrotective' rcenforced-concrete bank- I vault wallcomprising, masonry presenting exteriorand interior wall faces, and aplurality of massed side-by-side parallel reenforcement framestransversely embedded in said masonry, each frame comprising longi-"tudinal bars and a'plurality'of reverselybent tie-bars secured at theiranglesto said longitudinal bars, whereby the piercing of the wall isbarred'not only-by the masonry and: the longitudinal bars, but also bythe constantly-presented broken ends of the inchned transverse tie-barsl2. A protective reenforced-concrete bankivault Wall comprising, masonryhaving exterior and interior Wall faces, and a plural bent tie-barssecured at; their angles to said of the tvvo sets of inclined transversetie- 3; In a -protective reenforcing" unit for Q ity of parallelreenforcement frames embedded in said masonry,each frame comprisingparallel longitudinal bars and a plu rality of side-by-iside transversereverselylongitudinal bars, the bends of said transverse, bars beingstaggered, and other inclined transverse tie-bars held in the spacebetween 'saidlongitudina-l bars and said firstnamed inclined bars,whereby the piercing of the allis barred not only' by the -maalso by theconstantly-presentedbrokenfends bars. 1

concrete bank-vault. walls and the .likeQtlie combination of paralleledge bars; tiv'o reversely bent web-bars permanentlyattache'd at theirbends to opposite sides of said edge bars; and additional web-bars heldin the named web-bars. I v

4. In a protective reenf'or'c'ing unitfor' concrete bank-vault Walls and'the' like, the combination of parallel edgebars; two-reversely bentweb-bars" permanently attached fsonry and the longitudinal frame bars,but

space between said edgebars and said firstat their bends to, oppositesides of said fedge I bars; the bends of said barsbeings'taggered f iwith respect to each other, and'additi'onal web-bars held in the spacebetween saidie'dge barsand said first-named web-bars. I

,5. In a. protective reenforcing unit for concrete'bank-vault walls andthe like,"the combination of parallel edge "barsjtwo reversely bentWeb-bars permanently attached at their bends to opposite sides of saidedge bars; and additional Web-barsheId in the jspace between said edgebars and said firstnamed web-barsfthe bends of the. latteras well.as'thos'e of-said interior eb-barsbeing staggered with [respect to eachother. v

6. In a protective Feenforcing unit for concrete bank-vault walls andthe like, the

combination of edge bars; reverscly" bent web-bars permanently attachedat their bends to the sides of said'cdge bars and additional reverselybent Web bars laterally confined by the first-named web-bars andhavingtheir angles interiorly abutting the edge bars and being )e1n1anent-ly attached atwidely scattered points to'the other'webbars andsaid edge bars.

7. In protective reenforcing unit for concrete b ank-vault Wal.ls, andthe like, the combination of'longitudinal edge bars; and

a plurality of side-by-side transverse reversely bent web-barssecured-to edge bars, the angles of the outsideWeb-bars lying ad acentthe sides of said edge bars, and the gate thickness to said edge bars.

I25 intermediate Web-bars bein equal, ina'g gre- 8.1m a protectivereenforcing' unit for concrete bank-vault Walls and the likefthecombination of longitudinal edge bars 5 and' a plurality of side-by-sidetransverse reversely bent Web-barssecured to said edge bars, the anglesof the several Web-bars lying I adjacent said edge bars in rotation, theanglns of the outside web-bars lying adjacent the sides of said edgebars, and the 1nter1ne- Lllfite Web-bars belng equal in aggregateralityof massed side-by-side parallel reenforcement frames transverselyembedded in said masonry, each frame comprising longi tudinal bars and aplurality of side-by-side transverse reversely bent web-bars secured tosaid longitudinal bars, the transverse bars of each frame being equal inaggregate thickness to the space between adjacent 10ngitudinal bars plusthe thickness of a longi 2O tudinal bar.

Signed by me this 18 day ofSept, 1925.

STANLEY MACOMBER.

CERTIFECATE 0F CURRECTION.

Patent No. 1,669,988. Granted May 15, 1928, to

STANLEY MACGMBER.

it is hereby certified that errer appears in the printed speeifieationof the ahnve nutnhez'ed patent requiring eetreetion as ieilews: ?age 2,time t8, 'aitet the wet- 1 "ontweriy" insert the paragraph:

"Thetetere, an attempt te pierce the we Wenid be barred both by thetneseery and the longitudinal frame members i, and else, after theangies e? the ineiinefi transverse tie-bars are hreken, by the rigidlysecured broken ends of said tie-bars, which broken ends would becontinneesiy presented threngheut the thickness of the wall and efferconstantiy a hat te the piercing of the same";

and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correctiontherein that the same may conform to the record 0? the case in thePatent (Pffice.

Signed and seaiet! this 12th day of June, A. D. 1928.

M. J. Moore,

(Sea!) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

